In the following article, it asks if it is smart for entrepreneurs to hire friends.  The article begins with asking entrepreneur Kip Tindell, starter of The Container Store, what his views are on hiring friends.  He comments that his current girlfriend, who later became his wife, joined the startup at the time, and is still serving as the chief merchant years later. He then quotes, “To me, it just seems like common sense to do business with those you love and trust the most.”  The article then continues on with aspects to consider before hiring a friend: only hire the good cousins, communication IS leadership, and blend work and play.

I agree to some extent with the article’s points.  If the friend is a hard worker, and have a mutual understanding of what success looks like, then yes go ahead and hire them. Relating back to the class discussion we had when we were asked if we were to start up a business, would you want to be alone, with a partner, or with a team?  I answered with a partner.  When reading this article I connected back to this discussion, and thought would I want a friend to be that said partner?  Now having read through this article, only if they had all those aspects, especially the aspect of trust, then I’d agree with Kip Tindell that doing business with those who you love and trust is a yes.